Grinding Gravel in Seeley Lake's First Mountain Bike Race

Thirty-four mountain bike racers head up the gravel road connecting School Lane and Tamarack Drive in the heart of Seeley Lake at the start of the Seeley Lake 55-mile mountain bike race Saturday, July 16. The race was a part of the Western Montana Trail Series.

SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake was the destination for the capstone race in the Western Montana Trail Series produced by the Bicycle Racing Alliance of Montana (BRAM) Saturday, July 16. This was the first official mountain bike race in Seeley Lake offering 55-mile, 35-mile and 22-mile loop routes attracting more than 60 racers.

Race Director Ben Horan said BRAM has put on the Missoula XC, a high level, Olympic qualifying race in Missoula, for the past six years. This was the first year that they branched out and "offered the kind of racing more people like to do [since the Missoula XC is very...